Debris also littered the entire stretch of creek in one area where home after home was damaged.

One man died in Jamestown during the flooding.

The town’s mayor allowed residents to return with proper identification.

Some people who were allowed past the road block said the devastation resembled a tornado, destroying one home but leaving the one next door intact.

“Lost houses on both sides of us. Probably at least a dozen houses will not be habitable when this is all over. I don’t think it’s going to be many people sticking it out. Right now it’s probably about 20 or 25 still,” said Jamestown resident Leon Hill. “Some of the houses that were destroyed, it took the land with them so they don’t own a piece of land anymore to build on.